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On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark honors fringe cinema in the streaming age with midnight movies from any moment in film history. First, the Bait: a weird genre pick, and why we’re exploring its specific niche right now. Then, the Bite: a spoiler-filled answer to the all-important question, “Is this old cult film actually worth recommending?” The Bait: What Happened to Westwood? “They closed the movie because they don’t want Black people in Westwood.” That was 18-year-old Ava DuVernay speaking to the L.A. Times in March 1991. Then a UCLA student, she had just watched hundreds of people tear through Westwood Village after being turned away from an opening-night screening of Mario Van Peebles’ “New Jack City.” Before the riot broke out, the theater was accused of overselling tickets. Screened at the since-demolished Mann Westwood Fourplex on Gayley Avenue — just one block from where the Directors Village

California lawmakers have agreed on a partial carveout for the film and TV industry from a state cap on tax credits. The bill, Ab 186, was unveiled on Friday evening. It addresses concerns raised in June by the Motion Picture Association and a coalition of entertainment unions, who argued that the cap threatened to undermine the state’s $750 million tax incentive program. The state budget seeks to stabilize revenues by preventing corporations from claiming more than $5 million a year in tax credits for the next three years. Industry stakeholders argued that the measure had the unintended consequence of hamstringing Hollywood’s recovery by limiting the ability of studios to use state incentives for in-state production. The MPA and the Entertainment Union Coalition have signed on to the agreement. As Variety reported on Aug. 18, the deal falls short of their request for a complete exemption for film tax credits from the $5 million cap.